seeingUFOsPAposted on YouTube 2009年07月30日Harmar Township NE of downtown Pittsburgh: Outdoor hi-res cam caught this FIREBALL (or UFO?) during the evening of July 5, 2009. Coming from NW to ESE. Your guess is as good as mine, but looks l...

Harmar Township NE of downtown Pittsburgh: Outdoor hi-res cam caught this FIREBALL (or UFO?) during the evening of July 5, 2009. Coming from NW to ESE.

"Hi I live in England Sheffield and I have just seen a massive fireball tonight about 10 mins ago it was scary but awsome at the same time do you think this was a Meteor? this happened at about 10.30pm (30JUL09) it was a bright orange glare and looked about the same size as a Brittish 10 pence coin from where we were stood. it was deffo on fire I’ve never seen anything like it before. It looked like the sun was flying over our house. it made a jet like sound too. (100% deffinatley not a jet though) "

If the person who sent this report reads this or others saw the fireball please email drtanuki@gmail.com Thank you!

More exact investigations resulted in that the meteorite comes clearly from Mars. * In the year 1911 in Nakhla/Egypt a road dog was killed of meteorites. More exact investigations resulted in the 80's that the meteorite comes clearly from Mars. So far twelve meteorites could be identified as of Mars coming. The meanwhile little is useful to the dog, whose name is not delivered. ... (more)

on March 8, 1976 afternoon, a space meteor circled the solar revolution along the Earth the direction, crashed into the earth's atmosphere by each second several kilometer speeds. Because this meteor and the dense atmosphere has the fierce friction, when flies to the Jilin area sky, the combustion, the illumination, become a big fireball, 15:01 59 seconds has the detonation on 8th in the Jilin Suburb Gold Bead People's commune sky. After meteor detonation, scatters by the radiating to four sides. The massive dependents' meteorite scatters in the Jilin Suburb Tatun People's commune Li family production brigade and Yongji County Jiang Mifeng area the people's commune; Slightly bulk dropping down in golden bead people's commune nine, south area blue production brigade; The biggest 3 meteorites continue along the original flight direction to the W by S direction to fly, falls successively on the Jilin suburb nine station people's commune three platform production brigades, the orphaned shop people's commune serious famine production brigade and the Yongji County birch skin factory people's commune backer production brigade. Finally when 15:02 36 seconds fall down together, wear out 1.7 meter thick frozen earth levels, fall into the underground 6.5 meters deep places, create a depth 3 meter, the diameter 2 meters many big holes in the ground, at that time shook the earth wave reached as high as dozens of meters, the soil block splashes to hundred meters outside. At present according to meteorite analysis which already collected, this meteorite shower scatters the scope approximately has more than 500 square kilometers, during including the Jilin suburb, Yongji County, the Jiaohe River county's 7 people's communes, the population 10 ten thousand, has not caused any casualties or the loss. After meteorite shower landing, the local populace have made the report immediately to the Department concerned. The Chinese Academy of Science rapid composition union survey team rushes to the scene, in the province, under the city science and technology department's assistance, has carried on a series of scientific expedition work. So far, has collected the meteorite has more than 100 blocks. And the minimum weight below 0.5 kilogram, some 3 each weight has surpassed 100 kilograms. A maximum weight is 1770 kilograms, surpassed the US to collect, in greatly the present world the maximum stony meteorite weight (1078 kilograms). Regardless of this meteorite shower is the scope which quantity, the weight and scatter, is the world is rare. It regarding aspect and so on astronomy, heavenly body physics, high energy physics, cosmochemistry, heavenly body history, earth history research, has the very important value.

According to the Chinese Academy of Science unites the survey team preliminary analysis appraisal, this landing's meteorite, the shape is diverse, has the cuboid, the hexahedron, the cone and so on. The meteorite surface has the black, the black brown melt shell and size different gas India. The meteorite contains the mineral is mainly the pyroxene, the olivine, for hard metallic minerals and so on grain stone, taenite, magnetite, has the model spherulitic texture few, therefore chooses a name as “the olivine - - bronzite chondrite”. These meteorites contain the chemical element, mainly has after the assay determination: Silicon, magnesium, iron, sulfur, calcium, nickel, aluminum and so on.

What is called the meteorite?

The meteorite, is the space objective existence one kind of heavenly body. As early as more than 3000 years ago, our country has about the meteor and the meteorite record, moreover very early has the correct scientific opinion to the meteorite. If "Shihchi · Day Published collection of laws" said: “the star falls to the place, then stone.”

Solar system has the nine planets, in Mars and between Jupiter's track, has tens of thousands of planetoids. In addition, Earth nearby space, but also has many interstellar matters, small elephant dust particle, big elephant place mountain. These heavenly bodies defer to certain speed and the orbital motion. When the interstellar matter or the orbital special spot individual planetoid approaches the Earth, sometimes meets the atmospheric penetration, has the fierce hit, the friction with the atmosphere, the heat generation, the combustion, the illumination, this is the meteor which we see.

The majority meteors in start from the ground 120 kilometers following upper airs to burn, small “the dust” is leaving the ground several dozens kilometers place to fire the ashes. The minority volume big as a result of air drag's influence, the speed falls from the sky more and more slowly, this kind falls the meteor remaining part which comes up to the ground, is the meteor, or is called the meteorite. Every year falls from the sky to Earth's on meteorite are many, but the majority volumes are very small, moreover falls mostly to the sea and the person mark rare place, very difficult to discover. Sometimes, the meteor first explodes in the upper air, then looks like one “the stone rain” such to scatter down, this is the rarer meteorite shower phenomenon.

The meteorite surface has the seal brown hard shell generally, this is melts after the high temperature, also when the speed reduces cools gradually forms. Meteorite surface's another characteristic is, many likely anodonta shell shape small pit, this is it after the air friction combustion trace, the scientific term named is mad India. The people may act according to the dent the shape, which direction flight judges this meteorite is toward. Ingredient which contains according to the meteorite, may divide into three kinds, namely: Iron meteorite, pallasite and stony meteorite. Indicated to the meteorite chemical analysis that the composition meteorite's each chemical element, is on the Earth known, is also composes solar system other heavenly bodies the same element.

The meteorite has the important value in the modern science research. This kind of precious universe sample not only brings many spaces for us the information, will also provide the rare information for a series of scientific research domain.

After new China was established, until this time, has discovered and collects three meteorite showers. The first time was in 1588 discovered in the Guangxi Nandan County our country Ming Dynasty time fell from the sky iron meteorite rain; The second time was in 1971 falls on the Jilin Province Shuangyang County domestic stony meteorite rain; This time is in the world history rare stony meteorite rain.

The newspaper news (by Zheng Xuguang application Reporter Huang Jianjin article/chart) on the Changle crane the town has the meteorite? On the Changle crane the town has the block strange stone, the local villagers thought that is the meteorite which several hundred years ago fall down, the generation protects. After expert appraisal, this is at the same place “the limestone”, is…

Google Russian-English Translation:Inhabitants of Yakutia have transferred scientists found about one month back meteorite July 27, 2009Novosibirsk, 27 июл - RIA of news. Inhabitants of Yakutia have transferred to research of scientists from Institute космофизических researches and аэрономии to them. Ю.Г. The best man (ИКФИА) the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Science the small meteorite, weight about 200 grams, fallen about one month back near to village Ulah-An in Yakutia, informs the Center of public relations of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science on Monday.According to the Center, leading scientific employee ИКФИА Vladimir Kozlov has informed the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, that the meteorite will be sent on researches in laboratory метеоритики Institute of geochemistry and analytical chemistry of a name V.I.Vernadsky (Moscow).' While it is possible to tell about a meteorite only that it is not radioactive - we have measured a radio-activity, and it has appeared within the limits of norm, that it not magnetic - a compass on it does not react, hence in structure of there is no iron. The meteorite melted off, slightly smells as fumes ', - has told Goats.In the message also it is marked, that, according to local residents who not only have found out the stone which has fallen from the sky, but also became witnesses of its falling, the found meteorite was still warm.As inform local mass-media, about one month the meteorite was stored at home by the local resident.In total in territory of Yakutia it has officially been fixed eight cases of falling метеоритов.добавить in блоготправить to the friend

Google Spanish- English Translation:More than a thousand objects might hit Earth Lanacion.com (Argentina) - 19 hours ago The "Tunguska Event", which left a scene in a devastated area of 2000 square kilometers, is considered the greatest impact of a meteorite in ...

A meteorite 150 years ago of 144 kilos woke neighbors Molina at 2:45 pm today have been completed 150 years of the largest meteorite impact crash in Spain, according to the multimedia platform of scientific communication in the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology.

SPAIN, July 26 .- The meteorite, the largest in the Iberian Peninsula, fell at 2:45 hours on Christmas Eve 1858, and today can be seen at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid.

The chronicles relate that those who saw him initially thought he was going to play the tower of the Cathedral of Murcia, but "passed over ... and walked three more miles, saving the city and its boundaries, and the impact occurred in a bench barley Molina de Segura, with such a jolt that lifted the neighbors from their beds, as reported Fortum Rafael Martinez, in whose land fell meteorito.Los experts categorized as a condrina H5 because of its high iron content and the degree of alteration suffered, ie, a rocky meteor from the solidification of dust and gas from the primeval solar nebula that gave rise to the System Solar.En the morning of Christmas Eve, 1858 "People on the streets, in the roads and fields saw a magnificent show of a fire balloon extraordinary brilliance and dazzling, which holds the colors of the rainbow, obscured the moonlight and descended majestically from the air regions. This is reflected in a report commissioned by Rafael Martinez Fortun Murcian neighboring town of Molina de Segura, whose wealth fell in the largest meteorite collected in España.Este this is the story of neighbor: "They suddenly heard a noise similar to producing electricity in the clouds and people in the streets, roads and fields, they saw a magnificent show of a globe of fire dazzling brilliance and extraordinary showing that the rainbow obscured by moonlight and decreased air majestically from regions across our horizon in the direction of the oblique Noon to North. "

This is the story of the neighbor: "We suddenly heard a noise similar to that produced electricity in the clouds and people in the streets, roads and fields, they saw a great show balloon fire a dazzling brilliance and extraordinary showing that the rainbow obscured the moonlight, and fell majestically carriers from regions across our horizon in the direction of the oblique Noon to north. Later segando barley is a labrador drew attention to digging a hole and found a stone figure quadrangular blackish color and a special weight compared to their volume, arrobas since I was ten and fifteen pounds, which he called the atención.Actualmente reproduction of a meteorite can be seen in Nature's Classroom to the councilor of the Municipality of Environment Molina de Segura is on top of the parish of Molina.

"The rock is 50cm long, 40cm wide and 24 cm tall and weighs 145 pounds, three times more than a normal stone. The meteorite is a Sideritis, considered unusual by the fact that only 5% of the fragments that are already registered class - this may be the fourth located in the state. Throughout the country are recorded 56 meteorites, only 21 of that type. But it was not possible to end the day of fall. "

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Monica Grady (born 1958) is a leading British space scientist, primarily known for her work on meteorites. She is currently Professor of Planetary and Space Science at the Open University. Grady was formerly based at the Natural History Museum, where she curated the UK's national collection of meteorite.

Jupiter is sporting a glowing bruise after getting unexpectedly whacked by asmall solar system object, according to astronomers using the Gemini Northtelescope on Mauna Kea in Hawai'i. A spectacular new mid-infrared image isavailable for download.

The new feature on Jupiter was first seen by Australian amateur astronomerAnthony Wesley on July 19th. The object that caused the impact scar couldhave been a small comet or asteroid. Using the SL9 impacts as a guide, theimpacting object was probably just a few hundreds of meters in diameter.Such small bodies are nearly impossible to detect near or beyond Jupiterunless they reveal cometary activity, or, as in this case, make theirpresence known by impacting a giant planet. The impact site is dark invisible-wavelength images.

With the superb angular resolution of the Gemini observations, the data showthe impact site in remarkable detail. "The structure of the impact site iseerily reminiscent of the larger Shoemaker-Levy 9 sites 15 years ago,"remarked Heidi Hammel (Space Science Institute), who was part of the teamthat supported the effort at Gemini. In 1994, Hammel led the Hubble SpaceTelescope team that imaged Jupiter when it was pummeled by a shatteredcomet. "The morphology is suggestive of an arc-like structure in thefeature's debris field," Hammel noted.

"We utilized the powerful mid-infrared capabilities of the Gemini telescopeto record the impact's effect on Jupiter's upper atmosphere," said Imke dePater (University of California, Berkeley). "At these wavelengths we receivethermal radiation (heat) from the planet's upper atmosphere. The impact siteis clearly much warmer than its surroundings, as shown by our image taken atan infrared wavelength of 18 microns."

The Gemini images were obtained with the MICHELLE spectrograph/imager,yielding a series of images at 7 different mid-infrared wavelengths. Two ofthe images (8.7 and 9.7 microns) were combined into a color composite imageby Travis Rector at the University of Alaska, Anchorage to create the finalfalse-color image. By using the full set of Gemini images taken over a rangeof wavelengths from 8 to 18 microns, the team will be able to disentanglethe effects of temperature, ammonia abundance, and upper atmospheric aerosolcontent. Comparing these Gemini observations with past and future imageswill permit the team to study the evolution of features as Jupiter's strongwinds disperse them.

"The Gemini support staff made a heroic effort to get these data," said dePater. "We were on the telescope observing within 24 hours of contacting theobservatory." Because of the transient nature of this event, the telescopewas scheduled as a "Target of Opportunity" and required staff to reactquickly to the request. Tom Geballe and Chad Trujillo helped plan theobservations, Rachel Mason programmed the observing plan for MICHELLE andthe telescope, and Paul Hirst performed the observations. Additional membersof the team are Glenn Orton and Leigh Fletcher from the Jet PropulsionLaboratory.

The Gemini Observatory is operated by the Association of Universities forResearch in Astronomy, Inc., under a cooperative agreement with the NSF onbehalf of the Gemini partnership: the National Science Foundation (UnitedStates), the Science and Technology Facilities Council (United Kingdom), theNational Research Council (Canada), CONICYT (Chile), the Australian ResearchCouncil (Australia), Ministio da Cicia e Tecnologia (Brazil), and SECYT(Argentina)

(1.1MB)]This mid-infrared composite image was obtained with the Gemini Northtelescope on Mauna Kea, Hawai'i, on 22 July at ~13:30 UT with the MICHELLEmid-infrared spectrograph/imager. The impact site is the bright yellow spotat the center bottom of Jupiter's disk. The image was constructed from twoimages: one at 8.7 micron (blue) and one at 9.7 micron (yellow). Theexcellent quality of the Gemini images reveals that the morphology of thisnew impact bears a striking resemblance to that of the larger impact sitesseen after the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed into Jupiter in 1994.

English translation: Topics Astro from granite has been used in stone and the tomb of the ancient castle, the well-known rock on Earth is. The continental crust of the earth are in plenty, and I would say the typical rock. But in fact our solar system are not universally present. The formation of "water" is thought to be involved and required. Venus and Mars, the planet Earth as the asteroid is dry and has not been found so far. Therefore, it was accepted view that the planet Earth is a unique rock water. However, the discovery has been reported to reverse the accepted theory. That is, Kentaro Terada of Hiroshima University Graduate School of Science (DAKENTAROU partly) Associate Professor, 1949 is a common analysis of the meteorite that landed in Mongolia on. This meteorite, breccia (KAKUREKI) in normal quality meteorites called rock, clastic broken apart by geologic activity on the bodies of the meteorites ...

English Translation: Many of the rocks in the asteroid belt, comets under the French research team AFPBB News - 2009 July 16, also has been actively discussed, may also help solve the mystery of the origin of micrometeorites . Micrometeorite and is KINAKATTA extraterrestrial particles fall into the Earth's atmosphere. Meteorites and micrometeorites are usually different from the composition and structure, and considered to be derived from comets, asteroids natural ...

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